GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL - Cloverport Independent Schools

6 • CONTENTS
CHAPTER 5 HISTORY'S HAVES AND
HAVE-NOTS
Geographic differences in the onset of food production 9 3
CHAPTER 6 TO FARM OR NOT TO FARM
Causes of the spread of food production 104
CHAPTER7 HOW TO MAKE AN ALMOND
The unconscious development of ancient crops 1 1 4
CHAPTER 8 APPLES OR INDIANS
Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate
plants? 13 1
CHAPTER 9 ZEBRAS, UNHAPPY MARRIAGES, AND
THE ANNA KARENINA PRINCIPLE
Why were most big wild mammal species never
domesticated? 1 57
CHAPTER 10 SPACIOUS SKIES AND
TILTED AXES
Why did food production spread at different rates on
different continents? 176
PART THREE FROM FOOD TO GUNS,
GERMS, AND STEEL 193
CHAPTER 11 LETHAL GIFT OF LIVESTOCK
The evolution of germs 195
CHAPTER 12 BLUEPRINTS AND BORROWED
LETTERS
The evolution of writing 115
CHAPTER 13 NECESSITY'S MOTHER
The evolution of technology 2 3 9
CHAPTER 14 FROM EGALITARIANISM TO
KLEPTOCRACY
The evolution of government and religion 165
PART FOUR AROUND THE WORLD
IN FIVE CHAPTERS 293
CHAPTER IS YALI'S PEOPLE
The histories of Australia and New Guinea 2 9 5